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UNITED STATES vvPATENT OFFICE.

CAROLINE W. MORRISON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO.

FRANK E. ALDRICH, Old"l SAME PLACE.

CIRCULAR CLOAK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,727, dated June 5, 1883.

Application filed March 19, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CAROLINE W. MORRI- soN, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ladies Garments, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled inthe art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, in whic Figure l is an isometrical perspective view, representing the method of using or wearingv my improved garment 5 Fig. 2, a side elevation, showing one ofthe sleeves withdrawn; and Fig. 3, a perspective view of a sleeve detached.

Like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of ladies" garments which are usually composed of gossamer rubber-cloth, and known to the trade as circulars,7 and it consists in a novel construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter' more fully set forth and claimed, by which a more desirable article of this character is produced than is now in ordinary use. In circulars of this character which are provided with sleeves adapted to be withdrawn or housed when not required for use one side of the sleeve is usually attached or sewed at sleeve; but this form of construction is objectionable, as the sleeve interferes with the independent use of the arm-size when so attached, and is liable to be torn from its fastenings and It also does not afford suflicient protection to the wearer, as water running down the outside of the garment is liable to enter the arm-size on the side to which the sleeve is not stitched and wet the sleeves of the under garments. To obviate this objection I make use of means which will be readilyy understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation, its'eX- treme simplicity rendering an elaborate description unnecessary:

In the drawings, A represents the body of the circular; B B, the sleeves, and C C the armsIzes.

The sleeves are not secured to the garment at the arm-sizes, but are provided with straps m and buckles j', and are attached to straps a, which have their inner ends stitched into the seams d, o that when the sleeves are not in use they may be withdrawn and hang suspended at the sides of the garment without interfering with the use of the arm-sizes. The sleeves may be detached, if desired, by means of the buckles j', but the straps n are permanently secured in the seams d, thereby adapting the garment for use with any detachable sleeve provided with a buckle or means for attaching it to the straps. enables the sleeves to be adjusted, thereby adapting one garmentibr use by different persons, some requiring much longer sleeves than others.

Having thus explained my improvement, what I claim is l. The circular A, provided With the straps n, attached permanently to the interior of the garment for supporting the sleeves, substantially asset forth.

2. A circular having the arm-sizes C and sleeves B, the sleeves being adapted to be drawn into the garment through-the arm-sizes Y Titnesses:

C. A. SHAW,

L. J. WHITE.

The use of the buckles also and hang suspended from the interior of the 

